Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software./ Sub-subject "HyperPad"

2016-08-02 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
7On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:23:54 +0300 Richmond wrote: Somewhere deep inside one of my backup disks I have a feeling there is a version of RunRev/LC for DOS . . . . There's certainly a version of Metacard. It might be "fun" to take it/them for a trot with FreeDOS. R. Hi Richmond, Somewher

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-02 Thread Richmond
Somewhere deep inside one of my backup disks I have a feeling there is a version of RunRev/LC for DOS . . . . There's certainly a version of Metacard. It might be "fun" to take it/them for a trot with FreeDOS. R. On 2.08.2016 09:53, mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Quoting Richmond : Inevit

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread mwieder
Quoting Richmond : Inevitably: It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it. Richmond. Thanks. I knew I could count on you. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread Richmond
Inevitably: It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it. Richmond. On 2.08.2016 04:59, Jim sims wrote: But if they just work smarter with what they have the POLITICIAN cannot boast: "I'm getting the latest and greatest stuff for you, planning ahead for you, and new business will want t

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Jim sims wrote: >BIG pipe is an easier and sexier sell for the > politician. > Unless you are Indian (from India, not American) Years ago I had a job in Bombay (back when it was Bombay not Mumbai) and each day as I travelled to and from the site I passed a massive

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread Jim sims
But if they just work smarter with what they have the POLITICIAN cannot boast: "I'm getting the latest and greatest stuff for you, planning ahead for you, and new business will want to come HERE instead of THERE!! Our PIPE is gonna be a big pipe, ten times bigger pipe than our neighbors dinky litt

Re: OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > Very, very occasionally there might be a last-minute emergency scan to be > examined - but the 99.999% case is predictable and cachable. > > So - if you are developing apps of any kind - think about whether or how or > when you can predict use

OT: Need better hardware vs need better software.

2016-08-01 Thread Alex Tweedly
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